Movies Like A Fire in the Sky

If you liked A Fire in the Sky (1978), a drama and science fiction movie directed by Jerry Jameson, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Deep Impact (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead…
2
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
3
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and drama
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. Heroes and…
4
Midnight Special (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
5
Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and tv movie
A computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
6
Volcano (1997)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's…
7
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and drama
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
8
Moon (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and drama
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of…
9
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and science fiction
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…
10
Testament (1983)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and science fiction
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in…
11
The Vast of Night (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
12
Collision Earth (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and tv movie
A huge solar flare blasts Mercury out of it's orbit and provides it with an intense magnetic field and it's on collision course for Earth.
13
Colossal (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
14
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
★ 6/10Also drama and tv movie
Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…
15
Contact (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and science fiction
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult…
16
Chronicle (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and drama
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives…
17
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and drama
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
18
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and tv movie
An accidental overdose of gamma radiation causes a mutation in scientist David Banner's DNA: now whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into a seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, mindless muscular green creature.
19
Finch (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also science fiction and drama
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
20
The Day After (1983)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and drama
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the…